Runners expected en masse in Kimball Junction on Saturday

Eighth annual 38-mile relay race returns to the area

The eighth annual Running with Ed relay race kicks off on Saturday. According to organizers, most of the traffic impacts from the race are expected in the early morning hours near the Snyderville Basin Special Recreation District Fieldhouse.

Kimball Junction area residents, particularly those who live in the Newpark area, may want to reconsider their travel plans early Saturday morning as the eighth annual Running with Ed relay race kicks off.

According to Jennifer Billow, Park City Education Foundation communications manager, most of the traffic impacts from the race are expected in the early morning hours near the Snyderville Basin Special Recreation District Fieldhouse.

Approximately 200 teams or about 1,300 people are expected to participate in the 38-mile relay race, sponsored by Ragnar. Non-runners will be shuttled between exchange points in support vehicles.

Billow said the first leg of Running with Ed will begin with a staggered start. The first wave of runners is scheduled to start at 8 a.m. at the Fieldhouse.

I would say, in general, I would avoid driving by the Fieldhouse from 8 a.m. to 9 a.m., Billow said. But after that, it starts to get pretty spread out and there isnt really a giant impact on traffic.

As previously reported in The Park Record, the 10-leg race will start and end at the Fieldhouse in Kimball Junction. From there, runners in the first leg will run to Jeremy Ranch Elementary school, where they will exchange with the next member of the relay.

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The remaining legs of the race are from Ecker Hill Middle School to the base of the Utah Olympic Park’s Nordic jumps, and on to Canyons Cabriolet parking lot, Parley’s Park Elementary School, Park City Resort, Treasure Mountain Junior High School, McPolin Elementary School and Trailside Elementary School. The final leg will finish at the Fieldhouse.

Participants will be running along the following roads in the Basin on Saturday from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.:

Bitner Road

Rasmussen Road

Pinebrook Road

Kilby Road

Bear Hollow Drive

White Pine Canyon Road

State Road 224

Thaynes Canyon Drive

Richardson Flat Road

Meadows Drive

Highland Drive

Silver Summit Parkway

Trailside Drive

Billow said participants will mainly stay on the trails to avoid running along major stretches of road. Where runners are required to cross traffic, law enforcement officials are expected to be on hand.

Runners will only be on the street when they are leaving McPolin and before they head up into Round Valley. They are almost always on the paths or the trails, Billow said. The first hour where the runners are going to Jeremy Ranch and Ecker Hill there is an underpass and trail most of the way there is one part where we have to cross in front of the on-ramp, but after that it starts to get pretty spread out.